Five more people were arrested Thursday in connection with the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson from a fentanyl overdose.

Grant McIver, Bruce Epperson, Eddie Barreto, John Nicolas and Roy Nicolas were charged in Manhattan Federal Court with running a drug distribution network that led to the deaths of three 19-year-olds across two months in 2023.

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Two of the victims were De Niro’s grandson, Leandro Anthony De Niro-Rodriguez, and Akira Stein, the daughter of Blondie guitarist and co-founder Chris Stein, the DEA said in a press release.

Leandro De Niro, the son of De Niro’s daughter Drena, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on July 2, 2023. He died from an overdose of “fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine and cocaine,” the city medical ex

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